Southwest of the palaces of Pasargadae near the city of Shiraz in Iran, is the tomb of Cyrus the Great, (C. 550–486 BCE), founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. Under his rule, the empire conquered most of Western Asia and much of Central Asia. From the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, Cyrus the Great created the largest empire the world had yet seen. He met his fate in a fierce battle with the Massagetae, a tribe from the southern deserts of Khwarezm and Kyzyl Kum in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day
Southwest of the palaces of Pasargadae near the city of Shiraz in Iran, is the tomb of Cyrus the Great, (C. 550–486 BCE), founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. Under his rule, the empire conquered most of Western Asia and much of Central Asia. From the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, Cyrus the Great created the largest empire the world had yet seen. He met his fate in a fierce battle with the Massagetae, a tribe from the southern deserts of Khwarezm and Kyzyl Kum in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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Location: Shiraz, Iran
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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